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Nearly 100 people die in flash floods in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Due to heavy rain and flash flooding in Afghanistan, 95 people were killed, hundreds of others injured and swept away thousands of homes in Afghanistan, according to authorities in the crisis-hit country.
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Afghanistan: Student enrollment in Kunduz province's private universities
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 1 (ANI): Amid the worsening economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the total number of students enrolled in the private universities in the Kunduz province has dropped by 65 per cent in recent months, as per the Union of Private Universities.
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UNHCR sends at least 272 internally displaced persons back home from Kabul
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): A total of 272 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Xinhua reported citing the Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker governmen
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Afghanistan: Taliban arrest politician
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): Sayed Javad Hosseini, leader of the Afghan Justice and Development Party was arrested by the Taliban in his home, a local media outlet reported.
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Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses spike in seasonal diseases
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Amid a surge in seasonal diseases in Afghanistan over the last three weeks, doctors urged citizens to take precautionary measures and prevent infections like cholera and diarrhea.
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Cholera-like disease takes over 15 lives in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 16 (ANI): More than 600 people were found infected and around 15 people died in a recent cholera-like outbreak in Afghanistan.
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Over 50 Afghan children contract unknown disease: Report
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 6 (ANI): More than 50 children in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province have contracted an unknown disease, according to local media.
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India sends 2500 MT more wheat to Afghanistan
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): India has sent the 15th consignment of 2,500 MT of wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance via the Attari-Wagah border.
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Afghanistan receives USD 32 million in humanitarian aid
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Amid a devastating economic crisis, Afghanistan received USD 32 million in humanitarian assistance on Sunday, the country's central bank informed while appreciating the humanitarian assistance of the international community.
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Afghan refugees left in limbo as Taliban-Iran border tensions rise
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 (ANI): Afghans who sought refuge in Iran in the wake of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, are increasingly facing a risk of deportation by the Iranian authorities, amid the rising tensions at the desert border between the two countries, a media report
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Afghanistan receives over USD 760 mn in cash aid
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has received over USD 760 million in cash as humanitarian assistance from the international community, the country's central bank informed, adding that the money donated is beneficial in maintaining the value of the Afghan currency.
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UN chief urges int'l community to create conditions for cash injection in
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over the absence of cash in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to create conditions conducive to injecting liquidity into the economy of the war-torn country, said a
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